Will room temperature increase due to little rain?
By rlaknar
@rlaknar (616)
India
July 30, 2009 9:40am CST
Yesterday I was mylotting. Here it was a little rainy and it lasted for 5 minutes. I felt so windy . But after rain stopped, I felt stuffy and temperature of the room increased. Is that true that room temperature increases when it is little rainy.What do you think the reason for that?
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
30 Jul 09
It has to do with humidity. As it rains outside, the level of moisture in the air rises. More moisture in the air insulates and raises ambiant temperature. We had a massive blob of rain move through yesterday evening. And though it was cool enough to stand out side in, when you came in side, the humidity was ungodly. Today though (at least so far) it seems a bit cooler.
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@GungnirStrike (81)
• United States
20 Aug 09
Hmmm, I've had the same type of experience. However it was exactly the opposite! I live in California where there is little humidity. When it rains the water quickly evaporates. Evaporation happens to be a endothermic process which findamentally means it requires heat to take place.
So usually after it rains (not very often) it is anywhere from 5-15 degrees F cooler.
Hope this helped you a little bit ;D
cheers
-Austin
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